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BIS have asked Becta to initiate a discussion about the future funding of Informal Adult Learning via the Learning Revolution social networking site. This is your chance to influence future policy.
They are interested in your thoughts on the future funding of informal adult learning. Rather than give you a prescriptive list of questions, they want [...]

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Creative music master classes for people out of work or education, learning adventures for isolated older people and access to digital technologies in a Tyneside Cinema are all on offer thanks to a significant investment in ‘learning for pleasure’ announced by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS).
The £20 million Transformation Fund, launched by [...]

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ACL Webinar – The Learning Revolution
4 June 2009

11.30am – 12.30pm
FREE Online Event
THE LEARNING REVOLUTION - Its impact on technology, your delivery and your funding
The Learning Revolution White Paper has provided learning providers across the country with focus and direction for the future of informal  learning.  But what role will technology play a part in that learning [...]

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Organisations can now bid for a share of £20 million in Government cash to open up and promote informal learning for adults and young people across the country.
In a speech this week to NIACE’s Annual Policy Conference, Skills Secretary John Denham kicked off the bidding process, publishing a prospectus designed to show how a wide [...]

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